We went to a really wonderful water park last week end with one of Booty's new friends, (Mr.D invited the family back to our house one Sunday after he met them at our local park). And the weather was very comfortable and pleasant.

The water park,Rainforest Kidzone, is part of the Singapore Zoo, which is the best zoo I have EVER been to, (sorry Cincinnatti). Singapore Zoo is beautiful with a very open feel. Monkeys hang above the walkway stretching down to greet passerbys or scurry around trees at person level. I guess noone gets bit and monkeys don't get fed people food.

There are constant feeding sessions throughout the day and if you want to feed a hippo, elephant, or many other animals you only need to be there at that time.

It is not an overly large zoo, so one can see most everything in one day and if you want a break from the zoo you can take your children or yourself to the water park and cool down. Or take a boatride out onto the large pond.

Their are pony rides, carriage rides.
And Ben and Jerry's icecream.
It is important to note, I don't like zoos for obvious reasons. But this zoo didn't make me feel sad. I wonder how this zoo differs from the LA zoo, Lincoln Park zoo, Brookfield zoo and others I have visited.

The only drawback for us is that it takes 45 minutes to get their (sans traffic). a
I'd like to go again. Maybe take a train and a cab?

Yesterday I had an appointment downtown and took the train. The MRT is similar to the BART system. You buy a prepaid pass/ticket and scan it before and after you get on/off the train. The train stations are swank with equally fancy malls at the bigger stations. All AC. It makes shopping easy. And that is the name of the game here in $ingapore.